The Latest Breaking News from the Committee to Protect Journalists

The Union Ministry of External Affairs has condemned the deaths of five journalists in an Israeli attack on a Gaza hospital, with spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal calling the killings “shocking and deeply regrettable” in response to media queries. “We understand that the Israeli authorities have already instituted an investigation.”

Five journalists were among the 22 people killed on Aug. 25, 2025, in Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Following global condemnation, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying Israel “values the work of journalists.” But the numbers tell a different…

The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime

The journalist became a household name for his relentless reporting from the Gaza Strip

The targeted killing of an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza over the weekend was a notable moment even for a war that has been remarkably blood-soaked for journalists

His final words will haunt you.

The IDF has claimed a slain Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent was secretly working with Hamas and responsible for a rocket attack against Israel

The Israeli military confirmed it had targeted Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, claiming he led "a terrorist cell of Hamas," allegations al-Sharif and the media network had previously denied.

CPJ had warned that Israeli military was using a ‘smear campaign’ in a bid to ‘manufacture consent’ to kill Anas al-Sharif, 28, one of Al Jazeera’s most prominent voices in Gaza